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Survey reveals educators’ must-have technologies

November 5, 2013February 2, 2011 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Interactive whiteboards are the classroom technology that teachers say they most value, and though tablet-style eReader devices such as Apple's iPad haven't been around for long, they're already…

Teaching Trends

eSchool News January 2011

October 6, 2011February 2, 2011 by ESchool News

Highlights 4 Default Lines Now is not the time to pull back on investing in education, writes Editor Dennis Pierce. ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Holocaust historical data goes digital

February 2, 2011 by Jeff Festa

The world's largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital: Israel's Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents interactive and…

District Management

Schools to compete for Obama commencement address

February 2, 2011February 2, 2011 by ESchool News Staff

The White House is offering public high schools across the country a chance to win a commencement address by President Barack Obama, reports the Associated Press.

District Management

No junk food for you! Parents and principals not pleased about coming school lunch guidelines

February 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Many school lunch items could be gone now that the federal government has issued new restrictions on fat and sodium offered during the school day, reports Time.

District Management

Student gets assault charge for blowing pellets

February 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

A high school freshman who hit classmates with plastic pellets blown from a tube has been suspended and charged with assault in Virginia, the Associated Press reports.

District Management

Study: Students need more paths to career success

February 2, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

The current U.S. education system is failing to prepare millions of young adults for successful careers by providing a one-size-fits-all approach, and it should take a cue from…

District Management

Tech-savvy students prompt colleges to revamp rules

November 5, 2013February 2, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Tony Brown didn’t set out to overhaul his college’s policies on intellectual property. He just wanted an easier way of tracking local apartment rentals on his iPhone.

IT Management

T-Mobile to sell tablet with 3-D cameras, glasses

February 2, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Aiming to ride two crazes at once, T-Mobile USA will sell a tablet computer that can shoot 3-D videos, the Associated Press reports.

District Management

How—and why—to teach innovation in our schools

September 4, 2012February 1, 2011 by By Alexander Hiam

It’s wonderful to hear President Obama call for a nationwide emphasis on innovation, but it raises an interesting challenge: Where will all those innovators come from? Currently, we…

District Management

G.O.P. governors take aim at teacher tenure

February 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Seizing on a national anxiety over poor student performance, many governors are taking aim at a bedrock tradition of public schools: teacher tenure, reports the New York Times.

District Management

NY city councilmen among 24 arrested in school protest

February 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to Reuters, twenty-four people, including two members of the New York City Council, were arrested on Monday at a protest over plans to close two dozen city…

Teaching & Learning

Cheaper student loans, but shortage of college grants likely in 2011 and 2012

February 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to U.S. News & World Report, although the federal government will hand out billions of dollars more in college grants in 2011 and 2012 than ever before,…

District Management

Duncan, Lee urge more black men to become teachers

February 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Filmmaker Spike Lee joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan in issuing a call Monday for more black men to become teachers, making their plea at the country's only all-male…

IT Management

Apps alter reading on the web

November 5, 2013February 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

The DVR rocked the world of television by letting viewers skip commercials and build their own home viewing schedules. Now a handful of web services and applications are…

District Management

Meet our 2011 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Award winners

October 2, 2012January 31, 2011 by From staff reports

Partnerships with local businesses to provide free Wi-Fi for students … a virtualization project that reportedly has saved $1.5 million in energy costs … an instructional content repository…

Teaching Trends

Up to $1,000 for math and science learning

February 1, 2011January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

Are you a K-12 teacher who develops or applies science, mathematics, and technology in your curriculum? If the answer is “yes,” you may qualify for a grant of…

Teaching Trends

$1K for biology teachers in higher education

February 1, 2011January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

This award honors a four-year college & university faculty member who demonstrates creativity and innovation in his/her teaching. Such innovation may include, but is not limited to, curriculum…

Teaching Trends

$1,500 for biology teachers

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

This award will be given to a secondary school teacher who has successfully developed and demonstrated an innovative approach in the teaching of ecology/environmental science and has carried…

Teaching Trends

1,200 awards of $1K each from Best Buy

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

This year the Best Buy @15 Scholarship Program will award scholarships to students in grades 9-12 living in the U.S. or Puerto Rico who plan to enter a…

Teaching Trends

$175K from Intel for math- and science-minded schools

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

Every year, Intel honors U.S. schools demonstrating excellence in math and science education through innovative teaching and learning environments. To be considered as an Intel School of Distinction,…

Teaching Trends

Scholarships to help teens build life skills

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

Applications are now available online for AG Bell's acclaimed Leadership Opportunities for Teens (LOFT) program for 2011. LOFT is a four day program designed for participants to develop…

Teaching Trends

Top prizes for outstanding college students

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

USA TODAY honors outstanding students with the All-USA Academic Teams. The top 20 students selected for each of the All-USA First Teams will receive a $2,500 cash award,…

Teaching Trends

Travel to D.C. for Law Day

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

The 2011 contest theme is “The Legacy of John Adams: From Boston to Guantanamo.” Students are asked to showcase how John Adams, America’s first “lawyer president,” influenced our…

Teaching Trends

$50K for projects that address youth hunger

January 31, 2011 by Laura Ascione

YSA will award 100 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects that address the issue of childhood hunger on Global Youth Service Day (April…

IT Management

Stimulus funding brings broadband to rural homes, schools

November 5, 2013January 31, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Up in rural northern Vermont, it took until the 1960s to run power lines to some towns—decades after the rest of America got turned on. These days, it's…

District Management

Drive for education reform has teachers unions on the defensive

January 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Are teachers unions the reason America's schools are failing? According to one increasingly popular narrative, they are, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

District Management

Ivy League case tests Rockefeller drug law change

January 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

According to the Associated Press, they were students who juggled an elite education with criminal extracurriculars, dealing an array of drugs from Ivy League dorm rooms and frat…

Research

Define gender gap? Look up Wikipedia’s contributor list

January 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Surveys suggest that less than 15 percent of its hundreds of thousands of contributors are women, reports the New York Times.

IT Management

Old technology finds role in Egyptian protests

November 5, 2013January 31, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

On 27 January, Egypt fell off the internet as virtually all international connections were cut following an order from the government. But older technologies proved their worth as…

Curriculum

Texas district takes math skills to the next level

November 6, 2013January 31, 2011 by By Judy Senter

As with so many other school districts around the country, we at Brazosport Independent School District (ISD) in Texas have struggled with ensuring that our ninth-grade students start…

District Management

Roughly half of U.S. superintendents to retire soon

January 30, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Today’s school superintendents are more likely than they were 10 years ago to be women, and to be older—and nearly half are planning to retire in the next…

District Management

Readers sound off on value-added model, district efficiency

January 31, 2011January 30, 2011 by From staff reports

In recent eSchool News stories, we asked readers if teachers should be evaluated using the value-added model, and whether school districts should be judged based on their efficiency.…

District Management

Teen software whiz shows challenges facing schools

January 30, 2011January 28, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Ninth-grader Alex Britton, and the friends he has made throughout North America with the help of Skype, offer insight into the challenges schools face in educating members of…

District Management

To ‘friend’ or not to ‘friend’: Professor-student Facebook relationships

January 28, 2011January 28, 2011 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Kathryn Linder used to accept Facebook friend requests from her students, until the Suffolk University official considered the repercussions of blending her social and professional lives.

Research

US students stressed out: study

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

First-year students on US campuses are experiencing record levels of stress, according to a study showing increasing financial and academic pressures on young people entering university, reports the…

IT Management

LA police: wounded school officer made up story

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Law enforcement officials allege Officer Jeffrey Stenroos was lying when he said a gunman shot him in the chest as he patrolled near a San Fernando Valley high…

IT Management

Netflix CEO wades into net neutrality debates

January 28, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Netflix, the DVD mail-order-company-turned-online-video-giant, is firing back at cable and telecom firms as it weighs in on an increasingly thorny debate over net neutrality, the Washington Post reports.

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